pitiless

英 [ˈpɪtiləs]

美 [ˈpɪtiləs]

adj.  冷酷的; 无情的; 严酷而无尽的

GRE

BNC.34039 / COCA.24846

牛津词典

adj.

• 冷酷的；无情的
  showing no pity; cruel
  1. a pitiless killer/tyrant
     残忍的凶手 / 暴君
• 严酷而无尽的
  very cruel or severe, and never ending
  1. a scorching, pitiless sun
     灼热的骄阳

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 无情的；无怜悯之心的
  Someone or something that ispitilessshows no pity or kindness.
  1. He saw the pitiless eyes of his enemy...
     他看到了敌人冷酷的眼神。
  2. His judgments are immediate, pitiless.
     他判决立下，毫不留情。
• ADJ-GRADED （天气）严酷的，恶劣的
  If you describe something such as the weather or the heat aspitiless, you mean that it is very extreme.
  1. John Steinbeck used the dust and the pitiless skies as the backcloth to his novel.
     约翰·斯坦贝克把尘土和烈日炙烤的天空用作小说的背景。

英英释义

adj

• deficient in humane and kindly feelings
  Synonym:unkind
• without mercy or pity
  1. an act of ruthless ferocity
  2. a monster of remorseless cruelty
  Synonym:remorselessruthlessunpitying

双语例句

• The aged leader was exhausted by the exaction of a pitiless system.
  作为年迈的领导人，冷酷无情制度的苛求使他心力交瘁。
• Nothing so cruel and pitiless as cowardice,@ says a wise author.
  世上也没有东西像怯懦那般残酷无情。一位聪明的作者曾说过。
• If I were a boy again, I would cultivate courage. "Nothing is so mild and gentle as courage, nothing so cruel and pitiless as cowardice," says a wise author.
  如果我还是一个男孩，我将培养自己的勇气。一位智者说过，没有什么能像勇气如此温和与刚强，没有什么犹如懦弱那般残忍和可怜。
• In very truth gold is god today and rules with pitiless sway in the affairs of men.
  事实上，今天，黄金就是上帝，无情地统帅着人类一切事务。
• The king was a pitiless ruler.
  那位国王是个冷酷无情的统治者。
• Her creditors were more pitiless than ever.
  她的债主们的狠心更是变本加厉。
• He was a pitiless tyrant.
  他是个残忍的暴君。
• Their pitiless laughter filled me with foreboding.
  他们那冷酷无情的笑声使我心中充满了不祥的预感。
• His workers in Pittsburgh felt the full force of his pitiless Darwinism.
  匹兹堡的工人充分地体会到卡耐基冷酷无情的达尔文主义。
• Cried another female, the ugliest as well as the most pitiless of these self-constituted judges.
  另一个女人叫嚷着，她在这几个自命的法官中长相最丑，也最不留情。